How to Extract Text from Images Using OCR

How to Extract Text from Images Using OCR

A lot of times we share documents in image format by using the screenshot option. While it is a handy option to share documents as a lot of users might not have installed application for viewing documents, it is also not the best option as users won’t be able to make any changes to the document or copy text from the document as it is an image format. In such cases, the best solution is to use OCR. So how to extract text from images using OCR?

OCR is Optical Character Recognition and it is the conversion of images of typed, handwritten or printed text into machine-encoded text, whether from a scanned document, a photo of a document, a scene-photo. There are many tools for OCR available across different platforms.

How to Extract Text from Images Using OCR:

Easy Screen OCR is a freeware tool for Windows which can extract text from images using OCR capabilities. To extract text from images, follow the steps below.